diff --git a/weboob/frontends/weboobcfg/application.py b/weboob/frontends/weboobcfg/application.py
index d1cebde7..4d0d50a3 100644
--- a/weboob/frontends/weboobcfg/application.py
+++ b/weboob/frontends/weboobcfg/application.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class WeboobCfg(ConsoleApplication):
         try:
             self.weboob.backends_config.add_backend(name, type, params)
         except ConfigParser.DuplicateSectionError, e:
-            print >>sys.stderr, 'Error: %s (filename=%s)' % (e.message, self.weboob.backends_config.confpath)
+            print >>sys.stderr, 'Error: %s (filename=%s)' % (e, self.weboob.backends_config.confpath)
             return 1
 
     @ConsoleApplication.command('List backends')
diff --git a/weboob/tools/application/base.py b/weboob/tools/application/base.py
index 26b471ff..843138bc 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/application/base.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/application/base.py
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@ class BaseApplication(object):
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             print 'Program killed by SIGINT'
         except ConfigError, e:
-            print 'Configuration error: %s' % e.message
+            print 'Configuration error: %s' % e
diff --git a/weboob/tools/application/console.py b/weboob/tools/application/console.py
index 708f50c0..d4b65b04 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/application/console.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/application/console.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class ConsoleApplication(BaseApplication):
         try:
             BaseApplication.__init__(self)
         except BackendsConfig.WrongPermissions, e:
-            print >>sys.stderr, 'Error: %s' % e.message
+            print >>sys.stderr, 'Error: %s' % e
             sys.exit(1)
         self.default_output_format = None
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class ConsoleApplication(BaseApplication):
             try:
                 print formatters[output_format].format(command_result)
             except ImportError, e:
-                logging.error(u'Could not use formatter "%s". Error: %s' % (output_format, e.message))
+                logging.error(u'Could not use formatter "%s". Error: %s' % (output_format, e))
             return 0
         elif isinstance(command_result, int):
             return command_result